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    Can I get into Caltech or MIT?

    Or it could mean, like in practically all cases, you're moderately intelligent and are still Bart. In my case, I skipped everything past lunch my senior year of HS to go dick around most days of the week(which included AP Calculus/AP Physics etc) Was late to first period 20 something days that...
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    *angry rant* (or valiant rant)

    The BLS data has absolutely nothing to do with the wider trend here. It presents a snapshot of data from graduates who haven't graduated since 2007 (a majority not even graduating within the 2000s).
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    *angry rant* (or valiant rant)

    Unemployment is not the same as median wages and the BLS calculates this crap in questionable ways (it doesn't include recent grads that have not been able to find paid work). Engineering is another matter... an engineer making $50k now (well above average for starting salaries) is actually...
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    Can I get into Caltech or MIT?

    A 4.0 in HS is literally a certification that you are not a lobotomized mental patient.
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    *angry rant* (or valiant rant)

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125554704 http://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/recent_college_grads_struggle_to_find_work789/ http://www.newsweek.com/2009/01/16/the-end-of-upward-mobility.html Most notably the quote: "But since 2000, young people with...
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    *angry rant* (or valiant rant)

    Someone told you a dirty lie. There is some meritocratic movement, but very little. Also, the good majority of normal American students are unemployed or doing things wildly outside of their majors for terribly poor wages.
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    How Does Gaussian Elimination Help Solve Systems of Equations?

    Your understanding of Elimination is ok. Remember there are 3 different types of matrices. Echelon Form A, B, C (or 1, 2 and 3 depending how what your prof is using) A is a unique solution for each variable, B has free variables, C has no solutions You should brush up on this.
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    What are the prerequisites for plasma physics?

    Thermodynamics and Heat transfer should seem equally as obvious
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    Failed first Physics midterm; looking for advice.

    My best advice is to buy other textbooks than the one you're using and work through those problems. It is common place at schools that are competitive (not most state schools... Berkeley is somewhat competitive though) to introduce brand new concepts on tests, because otherwise a majority would...
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    Can I get into Caltech or MIT?

    I don't think he has a real shot at any top 10 schools and toss in Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth as well. People with much better scores, pedigree, etc were being turned down 5 yrs ago at these places, when I entered school
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    Can I get into Caltech or MIT?

    You have a 1/100 chance at MIT... and maybe a 3/100 chance at Caltech. AP Calc AB you scored a 3? This is one of the easiest AP tests out of all of them... a 5 should be assumed. The problem is you have done nothing of consequence until this point (even if your scores are ok... outside of the...
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    HELP im 15 and want to learn Physics

    Go to craigslist and look for science tutors (college level with MSs or PHDs in your area). They generally charge you $15/hour for say someone with a PH.D in applied math. These guys are desperate for work right now (and in the future) and should be pretty easy to find for slave prices. Hire...
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    *angry rant* (or valiant rant)

    I've given you plenty of supporting evidence. I have seen no contrary evidence and until a new theory is developed or new evidence provided I will stick with the most empirically valid.
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    Masters in Physics: Get Into Europe & NUS

    Not good? That would be an educated guess.
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    The maximum size of an object which can be teleported

    http://www.switched.com/2009/01/26/scientists-succeed-with-teleportation-experiment/
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